Flowerpot holder



Oct. 26, 1948. HER 20G FLOWERPOT HOLDER Filed July 19, 1946 PatentedOct. 26, 194s j amazes FLOWERPOT HOLDER f I other f Herman Herzog,Detroit, Mich. Application July 19, 1946, Serial No. 684,923

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a holder for flower pots or similar articles,and has for its object to provide a device which may be readily attachedto and utilized with slidable window sashes by making use of the loopedhandle, usually provided on such sashes for the raising or loweringthereof, as a means for effecting the attachment and positioning of theflower pot holder on the said sash.

A further object is to provide such a device which will not interferewith the opening and closing movement-s of the sash, and which willpermit the holder and the article which it may support to remain inposition on the sash in its various opened or closed positions.

More particularly, the said invention contemplates the provision on atray or similar holder of a clip designed to enter and engage in thelifting handle of a window sash and adapted to support the said tray orholder in such position throughout opening and closing movements of saidsash.

Still further objects or advantages additional or subsidiary to theaforesaid objects, or resulting from the construction or operation ofthe invention as it is carried into efiect, will become apparent as thesaid invention is hereinafter further disclosed.

In carrying the said invention into effect, I may adopt the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, by way ofexample, having reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a flower pot holder embodying the saidinvention;

Figure 2 is a plan of underside of the same;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view of the lower Part of a window sashshowing the said flower pot holder attached to the lifting handle of thesash; and

Figure 4 is a similar view to Figure 3, illustrating a modified form ofthe device.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in the severalfigures of the drawing.

I indicates the lower horizontal frame member of a window sash providedwith a horizontally looped lifting handle II which in the presentexample is provided with a base plate I2.

I3 indicates a tray or holder for supporting a flower pot, or otherarticle, the said tray being provided on its underside with a forwardlyprojecting member I4, the outer end of which is bent downwardly as atI5; and slidably mounted under the said member I4, as by means of pinsl5 and slots I1, is a clip or latch member I8 biassed from the member I5by a compression spring I9 as shown in Figures 1, 2, and 3.

The operation of the device will be clearly apparent from Figure 3 whichshows that, in applying the holder to the sash of a window, the membersI5 and I8 are simply passed downwardly within the loop of the handle II,the spring I9 being compressed so that it urges the said members I5 andI8 apart to a degree which ensures a firm engagement within the loop ofthe handle, as will be quite obvious. The latch or clip I8 may have aportion bent or offset outwardly, as at 20, to lock beneath the handleand resist its unintentional withdrawal therefrom, it being understoodthat the shape of the clip will naturally be gov erned by therequirements of its easy insertion into the handle and resistance to itswithdrawal therefrom. The member I5 operates as a brace against thesurface of the plate I2 of the handle, or against the surface of thesash where this plate is not present as in some of. the well-known typesof several lifting handles.

As illustrated in Figure l, a clip or latch 2I, corresponding to theclip [8 hereinbefore referred to, may be fixedly attached to the memberl4 where spring quality in the material of the clip 2i is sufl'icient toserve the purposes and where variations in the inner spacing of sashhandles with which it is to be used is not very great.

I prefer to give the member I4 a slight ofiset above the clip I8, aswill be recognized in the drawing, in order to overcome any tendencywhich the tray may have to tip downwardly to an undesirable extent Whenin position and loaded with a flower pot.

The arrangement described provides a very convenient and desirable wayof displaying plants in the window of a house without crowding thewindow sill or interfering with the opening and closing of the sash; andwhen the sash is raised the flower pot is accordingly raised therewithand maintains its display position with regard to the window pane.

The invention may be developed within the scope of the following claimswithout departing from the essential features of the said invention, andit is desired that the specification and drawing be read as being merelyillustrative of a practical embodiment of the same and not in a strictlylimiting sense.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the type described, for attachment to the loopedhandle of an upwardly slidable window sash, a tray, a forwardlyprojecting arm on said tray having its end portion bent downwardly, anda downwardly extending resiliently mounted clip in spaced relation tosaid downwardly bent portion of said arm, whereby said bent portion andsaid clip are mutually and detachably insertable within the loopedhandle of a window sash for the purposes specified.

2. In a device of the type described, a. tray, a forwardly projectingarm on said tray having its end portion bent downwardly, a downwardlyextending slid'able clip in spaced relation to said downwardly bentportion of said arm for detachable engagement within the looped handleof a window sash, and a spring interposed between 4 said downwardly bentarm and said clip to maintain said clip in such engagement.

HERMAN HERZOG.

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